Goals - Number Nine

August 7th, 2012

This is the ninth edition of the goals (so many weeks!) I’ve noticed recently that the goals list is getting shorter every week instead of longer. I hope this is a good sign about what I’ve accomplished, not just a sign that I’m being more concise.
• Use surface wave group velocity dispersion for tomography to investigate the subsurface in Australia
o Make a crude map of the velocity structure in Australia
o Compare that map to Yoshizawa’s velocity structure map created using longer paths
• UNIX
o Learn about Illustrator, use it to create poster
o Add comments!
• Be able to produce a poster which describes my project that is up to professional standards for AGU
o Register for AGU, sort out hotels and stuff as well
• Maintain this blog about what I have accomplished and my goals
• Explore Canberra
o Go to the National Zoo and Aquarium
o Go to the Cockington Green Gardens
Unfortunately I don’t have any new figures for this post. I just finished re-processing my data because we found that cutting the traces to try to isolate the surface waves and then selecting more periods to try to get dispersion values for gave better results. I am much more efficient at processing it now! Hopefully this will be the last time I process it and then we will just look at the results for analysis and conclusions. Right now I do have comparisons to the PREM but not to the results from Yoshizawa, so finding and plotting those dispersion results on my figures is the next step for analysis. I now have all the results I need to set up the tomography, and once I can perform the tomography inversion on my data then I can compare it to Yoshizawa’s results in that form as well. So after I add the Yoshizawa dispersion results to my figures (if that is possible) then I will perform the checkerboard test to see the expected resolution for the tomography using my paths and then actually do the tomography. I’m excited about my progress!
In other news, I went to the Old Bus Depot Markets last weekend which I really enjoyed! I ate a nice cinnamon pear danish and bought some vegetables. I’m hoping to go to either the Zoo and Aquarium or the Cockington Green gardens this weekend. Exploring Canberra is fun and there is no shortage of places to visit here.
Till next time!

Actually I submitted it yesterday, it includes what I'm working on and the process I'm using and what I'll compare my results to for analysis and conclusion and just doesn't include any analysis or conclusion. Which I've heard is pretty normal for an abstract, and my adviser approved of so I hope it gets accepted!

Yes, a bit of arm waving about the final analysis and conclusions is very normal. I think your list is getting shorter because you are headed to the finish line. It really sounds like the research has been going very well for you and that what you don't get now will be within reach as you assemble your poster this fall. We will have a webinar session on how to design a poster sometime in October so just think about the pieces you might need now and we can discuss layout later.